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Asyndeton (absence of conjunctions) is the deliberate omission of conjunction for special effect in enumeration. The omission of conjunction and before the last word changes the rhythm of the sentence and gives more independence to every word in line. Asyndeton is used as an expressive means when two parts of sentence are joined without any conjunction. It gives energetic effect to the statement, the conjunction is supplied by the reader who is active in interpreting the massage. Asyndeton is also emphatic and deliberate when a sentence contradicting the previous statement is added to it without any warning given by the conjunction but.
Eg: He was a full and a hypocrite. (but)I never met a more agreeable companion. (but is omitted)
Students would have no need “to walk the hospitals” if they had me. I was a hospital in myself. (because is omitted)
We shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, (and) oppose any enemy to assure the survival and successes of liberty.
The stylistic function of asyndeton is realized in brevity, acceleration of the tempo, colloquial character.
Polysyndeton is the repetition of conjunctions or prepositions or particles to connect words, clauses or sentences, it adds the rhythm to the utterance, slows down the statement and makes every word stand out more emphatically due to longer pauses between the words or sentences.
Ex.: Yes, he was wise and good and tricky and smart.
Another type of connection is the use of coordination instead of subordination with coordinative conjunction and standing for temporal pause and effect and other relations known as subordination.
Ex: The Mr. X set down steering at a little bookcase and at a window and at an empty blue bag and at a pen, and at a book sweets.
The conjunction and is extremely often used in colloquial speech, where it is not a stylistic device but mere tautology caused by the poverty of the speaker’s vocabulary.
The function of polysyndeton is to strengthen the idea of equal logical (emotive) importance of connected sentences,
Both polysyndeton and asyndeton, have a strong rhythmic impact.